Addictive disorders can be particularly challenging for clients. Not only do these disorders typically interfere with a client’s ability to function in daily life, but they also often manifest as negative and sometimes criminal behaviors. Sometime clients with addictive disorders also suffer from other mental health issues, creating even greater struggles for them to overcome. In your role, you have the opportunity to help clients address their addictions and improve outcomes for both the clients and their families.
THE ASSIGNMENT
In a 5- to 10-slide PowerPoint presentation, address the following. Your title and references slides do not count toward the 5- to 10-slide limit.
Provide an overview of the article you selected
What population (individual, group, or family) is under consideration?
What was the specific intervention that was used? Is this a new intervention or one that was already studied?
What were the author’s claims?
Explain the findings/outcomes of the study in the article. Include whether this will translate into practice with your own clients. If so, how? If not, why?
Explain whether the limitations of the study might impact your ability to use the findings/outcomes presented in the article.
Use the Notes function of PowerPoint to craft presenter notes to expand upon the content of your slides.
Support your response with at least three other peer-reviewed, evidence-based sources. Explain why each of your supporting sources is considered scholarly. Provide references to your sources on your last slide. Be sure to include the article you used as the basis for this Assignment.
1 of the following government intervention programs:
Countercyclical fiscal policies (countering economic disruptions such as the housing bubble and the Great Recession)
US agriculture support programs
Assistance for families with lower incomes (choose 1)
Housing vouchers
Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), including Child Tax Credit
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Health care resources for people with lower incomes (choose 1)
Medicaid, including Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
Affordable Care Act expansion
Social insurance programs (choose 1)
Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI)
Medicare
Unemployment insurance
Write a 700- to 1,050-word summary of your analysis. Identify the intervention and the market failure leading up to the intervention. Complete the following in your paper:
Analyze the arguments for government intervention as opposed to arguments for market-based solutions. Hint: See the information about market failures.
Examine who has been helped and who has been hurt by the selected government intervention.
Examine externalities and unintended consequences of such intervention. For example, consider whether the SNAP program and health coverage for families with lower incomes result in higher future tax revenues because children from families with lower incomes grow up healthier and produce higher incomes over their lifetimes.
Analyze whether cost of the intervention you selected as a share of GDP or the number of participants is increasing, decreasing, or varies with the state of the economy, based on the cost trend(or number of participants) since its inception or since 2000.
Analyze credible economists’ opinions on the success or failure of the intervention that you chose in achieving its objectives.
Recommend whether the program should be continued as is, discontinued, or modified based on your conclusions. Defend your recommendation.
Note: Use of charts and graphs is encouraged with appropriate citations. Any charts or graphs retrieved from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis FRED website may only be included when the data sources used by FRED are US government sources such as the Bureau of Economic Analysis or the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Cite at least 2 academically credible sources.
Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.
Question 1 – Explain what a ROM is and how it works.
ROM stands for Read-Only Memory. As the name implies, it’s a type of memory that can only be read from, not written to.
It’s non-volatile, meaning it retains its contents even when the power is turned off. ROM is typically used to store firmware or software that boots up the system and performs diagnostics. This software, known as the BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) in a PC, is stored in the ROM and is the first software that runs when you turn on your computer.
ROM works by storing data in a permanent state. In its traditional form, ROM was literally “read-only” in that it was programmed with the desired data at the time of manufacture, and the data couldn’t be changed afterward. But advancements in technology have resulted in forms of ROM like PROM (Programmable Read-Only Memory), EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), and EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory) that can be programmed (and sometimes even re-programmed) after manufacture. Even then, changing the data is a much more complex process than with RAM (Random Access Memory), and often involves special equipment or procedures.
Question 2 – Discuss special types of memories such as FIFO and LIFO.
FIFO and LIFO aren’t actually types of memory themselves, but rather they are algorithms or methods for managing and organizing data in memory.
FIFO stands for First-In, First-Out. It’s a method for organizing and manipulating a data buffer, where the oldest (first) entry, or the entry that has been in the system the longest (first in), is the first one to be retrieved (first out). FIFO is used extensively in computing systems for things like print spooling, disk scheduling, and many other areas where you want to manage tasks or data in the order they came in.
LIFO, on the other hand, stands for Last-In, First-Out. It’s also a method for organizing and manipulating a data buffer, but in this case, the newest (last) entry, or the entry that has been in the system the shortest time (last in), is the first one to be retrieved (first out). The most typical example of a LIFO system is the stack in computer memory, which is a region of memory that stores temporary data. When a function is called, its variables are pushed onto the stack (last in) and then popped off when the function is done (first out)
Assignment details: New Industry (Electric Vehicle) & Automotive Industry (Current)
1. Analyze Rivalry Among Existing Competitors
Intense competition for market share can limit a company’s profits when diversifying into a new industry. Consider these questions as you describe the rivalry in your company’s existing industry.
* How many competitors currently supply engines for the automotive manufacturing industry?
* What is each competitor’s position? How much of the market share has each one captured?
* Do these companies compete intensely in the automotive industry? If so, do they engage in rivalry and lower prices to gain market share?
* Do companies compete to provide additional services or constant innovation?
Describe the rivalry among your company’s existing competitors (supplying engines to the automotive manufacturing industry).
Examine Conflict Among Current Competitors When expanding into a new industry, a company’s profitability may be constrained by fierce rivalry for market share. As you discuss the competition in the current industry your firm is in, take into account these questions.
How many suppliers of engines are there today for the vehicle manufacturing industry?
Where does each rival stand? What percentage of the market has each one seized?
Do these businesses engage in fierce competition in the automobile sector? If so, do they compete with one another and cut costs to increase their market share?
Do businesses compete to offer more services or to innovate constantly? Describe the competition amongst the current rivals of your business (which provides engines to the car manufacturing industry).
Examine potential threats posed by new competitors Determine if it is simple or difficult for new businesses to start supplying engines to the car manufacturing sector. Then, use the form below to present your conclusions. Always keep the following questions in mind: Are there numerous laws or legal obstacles that businesses must overcome before they can start providing engines to the car manufacturing industry?
Does acquiring the knowledge required to create products or offer services to the market come at a significant cost?
How many businesses are ready to join the automotive sector? Describe the dangers posed by new competitors in the car manufacturing sector.
Examine the Suppliers’ Bargaining Power Analyze the potential influence raw material suppliers may have on pricing increases. Be careful to respond to these inquiries: Are there numerous suppliers, or just a select few, that offer the raw components for your product?
Does supplier competition influence the price of some raw materials? Is it probable that the price of raw materials will increase if one supplier effectively has a monopoly on certain of them? In general, how will supplier negotiating strength impact the price and simplicity of getting the materials required to sell in the automobile industry? Describe the car manufacturing industry’s suppliers’ negotiating position.
Examine the Risk of Replacing Products Analyze the danger posed by replacement items for the car sector. Make sure you respond to the following inquiries:
Are new items in this sector on the horizon that might challenge those already on the market?
What may these rival products be?
Are these potential rival products’ production costs lower than those of the market’s present offerings?
Are these potential rival items superior in other ways?
Could these potential rival items drive your business off the market? Describe the danger posed by alternative items for those made in the automobile sector.
Examine the Buyers’ Bargaining Power The more pressure customers may apply to your business to offer goods and services for less, the less customers you have. As you assess the negotiating capacity of purchasers, take into account the following: The number of organizations or consumer groups that now purchase the engines that your business produces for the automobile manufacturing sector. If there are just a few clients, are they able to exert pressure on the manufacturer to decrease the price of the goods. Exist any groups that allow a sizable consumer base to get together and exert pressure on a company to lower the price of its goods? Describe the buying power of the market in the production of automobiles. Describe the buying power of the market in the production of automobiles.
For decades, daytime wetting and passing bowel movements has been a common problem in early childhood. Today, the need for more structured toilet training before the age of 4 years is a routine practice used to prevent children from having difficulty attaining and maintaining bladder control (Rogers, 2013) and bowel movements. Having early toilet training could help train the bladder without the need for surgery or pharmaceutical treatment (Rogers, 2013). About 5-10% of children beyond the age of 4 years continue to have problems with potty training. They are either resistant or difficult to potty train. This problem exists in larger magnitude in children with special needs such as Autism, Downs Syndrome, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Company Background
Potty Gaming, Inc. is a new startup company that was founded in 2022 in Michigan under the mission to make potty training an easy and a fun experience for children with innovation, imagination, and ingenuity. The company uses infrared sensors installed on regular toilets and rewards children in real-time with interactive games whenever they successfully use the bathroom to pass a bowel movement or urinate. The company’s technique encourages children to use the toilet for stooling and urinating without creating a power struggle between the child and the parents.
Problem Statement
Because Potty Gaming, Inc. is new to the market and is introducing a new way to help children and parents with potty training, the company does not yet have a clear method for marketing the product. The company also does not know who else they can market the product to besides parents. Another issue they need to know is what marketing methods they should use.
Case Activity
Potty Gaming, Inc. has hired your team for your marketing expertise to promote their product to potential buyers. Your team’s task is to develop an effective marketing plan that provides a clear strategy for Potty Gaming Inc. to successfully launch and market its product.
Create a marketing plan for Potty Gaming, Inc. that:
1. Starts with an executive summary
2. States Potty Gaming Inc mission, vision and values
3. Identifies the market and competition
4. Defines your target customer
5. Outlines your marketing goals
6. Presents your marketing strategies
7. Defines your marketing budget
References:
Rogers J (2013) Daytime wetting in children and acquisition of bladder control. Nursing Children and Young People. 25, 6, 26-33. Date of submission: August 8 2012. Date of acceptance: January 3 2013.
Write a market plan in APA 7th format, follow the instruction write the market plan, answer all the 1-7 bullet points. Your essay should be approximately 4-5 pages in length, double-spaced, and make sure you use APA formatting. Cite 4-5 peer review articles as references.
Scenario: You are an IT security intern working for Health Network, Inc. (Health Network), a fictitious health services organization headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Health Network has over 600 employees throughout the organization and generates $500 million USD in annual revenue. The company has two additional locations in Portland, Oregon and Arlington, Virginia, which support a mix of corporate operations. Each corporate facility is located near a co-location data center, where production systems are located and managed by third-party data center hosting vendors.
Company Products
Health Network has three main products: HNetExchange, HNetPay, and HNetConnect.
HNetExchange is the primary source of revenue for the company. This service handles secure electronic medical messages that originate from its customers, such as large hospitals, which are then routed to receiving customers such as clinics.
Many of the company’s HNetExchange clients manage safe payments and invoices using the HNetPay online interface. The HNetPay online gateway, which is housed at Health Network production facilities, communicates with credit card processing businesses and accepts a variety of payment methods. In order to help Health Network consumers discover the appropriate level of treatment at the appropriate locations, HNetConnect is an online directory that includes listings for physicians, clinics, and other medical institutions. It includes the personal details of the doctors, their workplace addresses, their credentials as physicians, and the range of services that the clinics and doctors provide. Doctors receive credentials and have the ability to edit the data on their profiles. All three of the company’s goods are accessible to Health Network’s clients, who are the hospitals and clinics. Using HTTPS websites that are accessible via the Internet, doctors and prospective patients may update their profiles and make payments. Overview of the Information Technology Infrastructure Three production data centers where Health Network operates offer high availability for all of the business’s products. Around 1,000 production servers are housed in the data centers, while Health Network manages 650 business laptops and employee-owned mobile devices. Threats Recognized Following an evaluation of the present risk management strategy, the following dangers were found: Loss of data due to hardware removal from production systems; Loss of data on lost or stolen company-owned property, such as laptops and mobile devices; Loss of customers due to production outages brought on by various events, such as natural disasters, change management, unstable software, etc.; Internet threats because company products are available online; Insider threats; and Alterations in the regulatory environment that may have an impact on operations Organizational Request Health Network’s senior management has concluded that a new risk management strategy has to be created because the organization’s current one is out of date. Senior management is supportive of the effort to create a new strategy and dedicated to it since risk management is crucial to the firm. It is your responsibility to create this new strategy. During the risk assessment process, when reassessing the present danger environment, additional hazards beyond those already mentioned may be found. Due to senior management’s intention to respond to any and all major risks identified in the new plan, the budget for this project has not yet been established. It is possible to estimate realistic expectations based on the company’s yearly sales.
Deliverables
This project is divided into several parts, each with a deliverable. The first four parts are drafts. These documents should resemble business reports in that they are organized by headings, include source citations (if any), be readable, and be free from typos and grammatical errors. However, they are not final, polished reports.
Respond to at least two (2) peers, asking a question about their process in creating their purpose or make a suggestion to strengthen the connection between the problem and purpose statement. Then continue to check in each week by asking a question, sharing an experience, responding to someone else, or adding helpful links and resources.
LINDA
Purposeful Connection
The statement’s research topic focuses on analyzing the attitudes about prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing and treatment held by older African American males who are at least 70 years old. It shows the need to address a number of factors, including attitudes, knowledge gaps, impediments, and preferences (Rosenstock, 1990), while also acknowledging the presence of a knowledge gap.
The purpose of the research is to investigate and comprehend more fully the health beliefs held by this community. The study intends to extensively analyze the experiences and opinions of older African American males about PSA testing and treatment by using qualitative research methodologies like focus groups or interviews. In the research, characteristics and ideas linked to participants’ perspectives, knowledge gaps, obstacles, and preferences about prostate cancer screening and treatment will be described and clarified.
My choice of a qualitative research design is justified by the need to thoroughly examine the richness and nuances of the participants’ experiences and perspectives. Unlike quantitative measures, a qualitative approach allows a more profound comprehension of the participants’ thoughts and experiences about PSA testing and treatment.
Therefore, the purpose of the study aligns harmoniously with the research problem as it seeks to bridge the identified knowledge gap by exploring and illuminating the variables of interest tied to healthcare beliefs. The study facilitates a comprehensive exploration of their health beliefs by capturing the intricate and diverse aspects of the participants’ encounters and viewpoints through qualitative methods, such as interviews or focus groups. The qualitative approach goes beyond numerical data and grants a deeper understanding of their thoughts and experiences concerning PSA testing and treatment.
Subsequently, the purpose statement delineates the study’s specific objectives, aligning with the identified research problem and underscoring the necessity of a qualitative approach to attain an all-encompassing comprehension of the healthcare beliefs held by older African American men aged 70 and above regarding PSA testing and treatment.
Reference
Rosenstock, I. M. (1990). The Health Belief Model: Explaining health behavior through expectancies. In K Glanz, F.M. Lewis, & B.R. Rimer, (Eds.), Health Behavior and Health Education, (pp. 39-62). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Inc.
SHELLON
Consistency in the problem and purpose statements improves the logic of any research, which is vital for research transparency. The problem statement discusses the topic and the problem and describes the gap, which is not the problem. The gaps are not solutions to the problem, and solutions are also not research gaps. The connection to the purpose statement is where the researcher describes their intention of researching the problem in Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing and treatment.
My research problem is how women survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) find resilience through meaning-making mechanisms. Childhood Sexual Abuse is a severe worldview issue affecting all ages, women and men. According to Van Der Westhuizen and the authors (2023), little is known from the literature about the specific meaning-making mechanisms that CSA survivors experience. Even though several mechanisms were identified, such as being benevolent, restoring and empowering the inner self, future research is recommended by the authors to confirm those findings to inform treatment interventions for women survivors of CSA.
With this knowledge, the problem statement is that even though CSA women survivors find s source of meaning and fulfillment throughout their recovery process, meaning-making, which may facilitate resilience, little is known confirming if the meaning-making mechanisms, such as restoring and empowering the inner self, are effective. Van Der Westhuizen (2023) emphasized that the severity of CSA is global and has life-long devasting effects on individuals’ intrapersonal functioning, such as low self-esteem.
The purpose aligns and consistently connects well with the research problem and problem statement. This qualitative study aims to explore and confirm the meaning-making mechanisms CSA women survivors experience to inform intervention treatment. According to Van Der Westhuizen (2023), clinicians and researchers are aware of the prevalence of CSA among females, which affects 180 in every 1000. This qualitative study will focus on meaning-making described in the literature as a combination of emotional, cognitive, existential, and motivational factors allowing CSA survivors to make sense of the trauma and feel fulfilled (Wong, 2011).
References
Van Der Westhuizen, M., Walker-Williams, H. J., & Fouché, A. (2023). Meaning Making Mechanisms in Women Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Scoping Review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 24(3), 1363–1386. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380211066100 Links to an external site.
Wong P. T. P. (2011). Positive psychology 2.0: Towards a balanced interactive model of the good life. Canadian Psychology, 52(2), 69–81. Crossref
Pick a neighborhood in the proximity of where you live[1]. You will be studying the social environment and reporting on how it structures opportunities related to health and illness. You may choose your neighborhood, but be careful, as we tend not to recognize the obvious in our lives. McCamey, Texas. This project involves observation. You shouldn’t interview, survey, or speak with anybody as part of your study for ethical reasons. If you took any photos of people, you wouldn’t be at your best. Any project that incorporates interviews with locals or other people WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED, and a grade of 0 will be assigned. I want you to concentrate on the actual surroundings instead. Even if your knowledge is solely observational and needs no interaction, no specific people should be included in your report. You should abide by all applicable local, state, and federal laws. NO TRAFFICKING AT ALL. A grade of 0 will also be assigned for any documented unlawful action. Furthermore, it would be ideal if you avoided placing yourself in risk. Avoid going to places where you might endanger yourself. Please be reasonable. Never go out at night or alone yourself, and avoid any scenario where there may be a danger to your safety. Take extra precautions. I don’t want you to live in an area where drug sales are conducted openly, and I don’t want you to hang around in parks late at night to watch shady characters commit crimes. I don’t want you to provide a conflict zone report from a renegade journalist. Instead, you may do the majority of the task using a computer.Webcamsscreenshotsareas through online street views, maps, and all-you-can-eat establishments, among other things.
You may take digital pictures (a camera phone should be just fine) to include with your project.
You may use Google Street View (but not required) and show screen shots of specific area. Any photos you take should be of places, NOT people. No individual should be identifiable in any of the photos you take.
What types of factors should you be looking for?
• Public spaces. – exercise, playgrounds, parks
• Food – groceries (type of), fast food availability, all you can eat buffets, etc.
o What type of food displays are prominent in the grocery store? Healthy food/junk food?
o If there is no grocery store in your area, find the closest one(s) that ·you think people in your selected area use for their food. all-you-can-eatIs smoking allowed indoors? Only in bars? Not at all?
• Pedestrian safety/ability or need to drive everywhere
• Bike lanes
• Road safety – How often do major car accidents occur? Official data may not be available, but in Odessa, for example, the news covers them in detail.
• Proximity to medical clinic/hospital
• How do people come together? How many churches/if any? How many bars? Do people have to walk to the bars or do most drive? Other positive/negative areas of interaction?
• Other factors may be unique to your specific situation – proximity to power plants, waste dumps, industrial areas
Your paper will take the following basic format: (NO GPT CHAT OR ANY AI)
1. Introduction
-introduce social causation of disease
-introduce your neighborhood. Where is it? Do you believe residents are healthy?
-based on available data, what do the statistics say about the general health of your area? This may include broad information, as noted above, such as car accidents reported on the news. Alternatively, the EPA provides data on environmental hazards (and there,lots in Odessa, Midland, and Houston, for example), which you can are also discussthreeare summarize criticalthree summarizethree thetiny Introduce. Findings
-Pick at least three key areas to examine (among those listed above). Discuss what you found. I don’t want a list of all 47 restaurants, but you could summarize how many fast food places there are, etc. Provide critical details and avoid adding filler that doesn’t speak to the project. Think critically. Analyze what is going on.
3. Conclusion
-Summarize your findings. Perhaps suggest how you think health could be improved if needed.
***NO GPT CHAT OR ANY AI.
[1] What constitutes a neighborhood? This is somewhat undefined. Generally speaking, it should be a residential area bordered by a few major streets. 1-2 square miles would be about right, but depending on population density, this could vary. If you live in a tiny town (say up to 10,000 people), and for example, there is only one place to buy groceries, three summarizeyou may use the entire town. I provide an example below.
Social Risk Autopsy
Part A: Introduction
· Introduce the threesummarize three the must also asocial causation of disease
· Introduce your neighborhood. Where is it? Do you believe residents are healthy?
· Based on available data, what do the statistics say about the general health of your area? This may include broad information, as noted above, such as car accidents reported on the news. Alternatively, the EPA provides data on environmental hazards (and there are lots in Odessa, Midland, and Houston, for example), which you can also discuss.
· Five pages, excluding the title page and references page. You can use up to three pictures in your five-page project. You can add the rest of your images in the appendix.
Part B: Findings
· Pick at least threesummarize three key areas to examine (among those listed above).
· Discuss what you found. I don’t want a list of all 47 restaurants, but you could provide a summary of how many fast food places there are, etc.
· Provide key details and avoid adding filler that doesn’t speak to the project.
· One source of your choice (still must be scholarly), such as a website.
· The title page has all the required elements and formatting:
· Formatted in the ASA style or APA (APA is allowed if you are not majoring in sociology. However, you must inform me which style you will follow). Remember to be consistent with your style.
Part D: Conclusion
· Summarize your findings.
· Perhaps suggest how you think health could be improved if needed.
How can the transparency of price, quality, and safety change the way a consumer selects healthcare choices? Cite a current example of transparency in the healthcare industry.
How do consumer decisions affect leadership decisions and organizational directions? Provide an example to illustrate your perspective and support with scholarly sources.
Provide scholarly sources to support your perspective on this issue.
Part 2
Select a healthcare organization with which you work or are familiar.
Assume you are the public relations director for your selected healthcare organization. You have been asked to prepare an article on several recent healthcare innovations or changes for an industry publication, describing why your organization proposes to adopt 1 of them.
Write a 750- to 1,050-word article from your organization’s perspective.
Address the following in your article:
Review a minimum of 2 recent (within 3 to 5 years) innovations or changes in health care and their impact on existing systems (e.g., first- and second-movers, wearables, printed organs, genetic testing) related to your selected organization within the health care industry.
Align the impact of the innovations/changes with one element of the IHI Quadruple Aim.
Include an analysis explaining how and why the innovations/changes impact the identified IHI Quadruple Aim component.
Describe which innovation/change your organization is proposing to implement and why.
Demonstrate the following within the article:
Graduate-level writing
Graduate-level analysis
Meets standards for publication on a professional social media site
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Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis today sentenced El Salvadorian national Junior Noe Alvarado-Requeno, a/k/a “Insolente” and “Trankilo,” age 24, of Landover, Maryland to life in federal prison, for conspiring to participate in La Mara Salvatrucha, a transnational criminal enterprise also known as MS-13, and for three counts each of murder in aid of racketeering and conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering, as well as for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana and cocaine. Alvarado-Requeno was convicted of those charges on November 23, 2021 after a four-week trial.
The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron; Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly; Assistant Director in Charge Steven M. D’Antuono, of the FBI Washington Field Office; Acting Special Agent in Charge Selwyn Smith of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Baltimore Office; Administrator Anne Milgram of the Drug Enforcement Administration; Chief Malik Aziz of the Prince George’s County Police Department; Chief Marcus Jones of the Montgomery County Police Department; and Bedford County (VA) Sheriff Michael W. Miller.
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“The brutal and tragic violence perpetrated by Alvarado-Requeno and his fellow MS-13 gang members is totally unacceptable. Today’s sentence sends the message that the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland and our local and state partners are working together to remove these violent international gang members to keep our communities safe from the threat of MS-13,” said U.S. Attorney Erek L. Barron.
“Members of the Sailors Clique of MS-13, including Alvarado-Requeno, spread fear in local communities using violence and extortion,” said Steven M. D’Antuono, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI Washington Field Office. “He directly participated in the brutal murder of a teenager, and directed and planned four other homicides with his MS-13 co-conspirators. With today’s sentence, he will no longer be able to commit—or direct others to engage in—brutal, senseless violence against members of our communities.”
Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly said, “The Nassau County District Attorney’s Office has for years been dedicated to pursuing MS-13 across Long Island and dismantling the organization piece by piece, successfully prosecuting key leadership in our area and blunting gang violence in our communities. This work, however, does not end at our county borders. We are proud to have participated in the collaborative investigative effort that led to the prosecution of this dangerous criminal and further diminishes MS-13’s impact.”
MS-13 is a transnational gang composed primarily of immigrants or descendants from El Salvador. Branches or “cliques” of MS-13, one of the largest street gangs in the United States, operate throughout Frederick County, Anne Arundel County, Prince George’s County, and Montgomery County, Maryland.
According to the evidence presented at the four-week trial, between 2015 and 2018, Alvarado-Requeno and his co-defendant, Miguel Angel Corea Diaz, a/k/a “Reaper,” age 41, of Long Branch, New Jersey, controlled and operated the Sailors Locos Salvatruchos Westside (S.L.S.W. or “Sailors”) Clique through a pattern of racketeering activity, which included murder, extortion, drug trafficking, money laundering, and witness tampering. Evidence showed that the gang ran a protection scheme in and around its home base in Langley Park, Maryland, and extorted local businesses by charging them “rent” for the privilege of operating in MS-13 “territory.” The gang also trafficked in illegal drugs, including marijuana, heroin, and cocaine. A large share of the proceeds of the gang’s illegal activities were sent to gang leadership in El Salvador to further promote the goals of the gang, using structured transactions and intermediaries to avoid law enforcement scrutiny.
The Sailors Clique committed acts of violence against suspected rival gang members, as well as against its own membership for breaking gang rules. The evidence showed that in June 2016, Alvarado- Requeno ordered members of the Sailors Clique to murder a suspected rival in the woods at Malcolm King Park in Gaithersburg. Luring him with the promise of sex with a female MS-13 associate, the gang members ambushed the teenaged victim and stabbed him 153 times. In fact, the victim did not belong to any gang.
In March 2017, a member of the Sailors Clique who was hiding from law enforcement in the Lynchburg, Virginia area had a dispute with a local high school student over marijuana. In response, Alvarado- Requeno and Corea-Diaz organized a squad of MS-13 members to drive down to Lynchburg and murder the high schooler. The gang members kidnapped the student from his front lawn and cut his hand off
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before killing him. After the murder, the Alvarado-Requeno and Corea Diaz helped to hide and protect the killers who escaped the scene from law enforcement.
Among the most important rules of MS-13 is the prohibition against talking to law enforcement, embodied by the maxim “ver, oir, y callar – see, hear, and say nothing.” The gang enforced this rule by placing a “green light” – an order to kill – on any member of MS-13 who was thought to be informing on the gang. In December 2016, Alvarado-Requeno directed and participated in the murder of a 14-year-old member of MS-13 who was suspected of talking to the police. The boy’s remains were discovered eighteen months later in the woods outside of Germantown, Maryland.
The jury made special findings beyond a reasonable doubt that as part of the racketeering conspiracy Alvarado-Requeno murdered two other individuals and as part of the racketeering conspiracy Corea Diaz conspired to murder a third person.
On April 1, 2022, Judge Xinis sentenced Miguel Angel Corea Diaz to life in prison. Corea Diaz was convicted of the racketeering conspiracy, racketeering, conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, cocaine, and heroin; and possession with intent to distribute heroin.
Anyone with information about MS-13 is encouraged to provide their tips to law enforcement. The FBI and Homeland Security Investigations both have nationwide tiplines that you can call to report what you know. You can reach the FBI at 1-866-STP-MS13 (1-866-787-6713), or you can call HSI at 1-866-DHS- 2-ICE.
This case is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level criminal organizations that threaten the United States using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach that leverages the strengths of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies against criminal networks.
United States Attorney Erek L. Barron and Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite commended the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office, the FBI, HSI, the DEA Washington and Buffalo Field Divisions, the Prince George’s County Police Department, the Montgomery County Police Department, and the Bedford County Sherriff’s Office for their work in the investigation and prosecution. Mr. Barron and Mr. Polite thanked Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy Hagan, and Trial Attorneys Julie Finocchiaro and Alexander Gottfried of the Justice Department’s Organized Crime and Gang Section, who are prosecuting the case.
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Topic(s): Violent Crime
Component(s): Civil Rights – Criminal Section USAO – Maryland
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